社论 (shè lùn) — editorial | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

editorial

Measure word · 篇

社论。
Jīn tiān de shè lùn pī píng le zhèng fǔ de jiào yù zhèng cè.
Today's editorial criticized the government's education policy.
社论。
Tā měi tiān dōu yào dú bào zhǐ shàng de shè lùn.
He reads the editorial in the newspaper every day.
社论。
Zhè piān shè lùn de guān diǎn fēi cháng xiān míng.
The viewpoint of this editorial is very clear.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

社shèorganization

论lùncommentary

社 names an organization or newspaper community, and 论 means commentary, so 社论 is an official editorial.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 論; 论 is its simplified writing.

言侖論

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún論lùn

Same sound today

The traditional form 論 pairs 言 (“say”) with 侖 as a sound component; the simplified 论 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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